Task:Introductory exercise for the beginning of the course Objective: To help student to learn more about their classmates and their interests Method:Asynchronous Author: Maryam Afshari M.A. Saddleback College Instructions : The first week of the class, students will post 1-personal introductions 2- Two favorite careers and explain why interested in those careers . Students read through each participant's posting before the next class. The second week of the class A muliple choice test with 5 questions will be given to see what students have learned about each other's career choice. 3 extra credit will be given for each correct answer. deadline is in 4 days to respond. Additional notes: This quiz will encourage everyone to learn about each other's career choice and the reason for choosing it.
Maryam,
This is a good start. I’d like you to read my comments to Barbara (below)--her activity is the same as yours. What I would like you to think of next is how you can do this:
· Without a test
This is a careers development course, right? What would be a meaningful follow up that would insure that students are reading and learning from one another’s postings? See my comments to Barbara for some examples.
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Maryam Afshari Ice Breaker
Course: Applied Psychology 160
Task:Introductory exercise for the beginning of the course
Objective: To help student to learn more about their classmates and their interests
Method:Asynchronous
Author: Maryam Afshari M.A. Saddleback College
Instructions : The first week of the class, students will post 1-personal introductions 2- Two favorite careers and explain why interested in those careers . Students read through each participant's posting before the next class. The second week of the class A muliple choice test with 5 questions will be given to see what students have learned about each other's career choice. 3 extra credit will be given for each correct answer. deadline is in 4 days to respond.
Additional notes: This quiz will encourage everyone to learn about each other's career choice and the reason for choosing it.
Maryam,
This is a good start. I’d like you to read my comments to Barbara (below)--her activity is the same as yours. What I would like you to think of next is how you can do this:
· Without a test
This is a careers development course, right? What would be a meaningful follow up that would insure that students are reading and learning from one another’s postings? See my comments to Barbara for some examples.
LeeAnn